BikerZ's Seven - actual photos!

[mimitabby]

very cool cassette! you'll have to keep that baby clean!

[bikerz]

Mimi, I know - it may never look this good again!

And this photo got missed:

[SadieKate]

Wowee! Lookee that thing! Hot!

Now that you are reporting success with saddle comfort, may I say "told you so!"

PS -- MelissaM, good job at pushing her.

[bikerz]

Now that you are reporting success with saddle comfort, may I say "told you so!"

Yes, you may!

[maillotpois]

Oh that's just excellent!

[rij73]

DROOL........

Beautiful bike. What is your gearing? How come XTR derailleur? Do you have a weight for the complete build?

Just curious...

EDIT: Just read all about it on the other thread. Still interested in the weight of the bike, but I know about the gearing now. Guess you want to go climb some serious hills!!!

[dex]

Wow, that's just...gorgeous!

[cosc]

Wow, your bike is beautiful. Looks slinky fast and comfy.

[bikerz]

Thanks, everyone for all your kind comments! It's a whole new thing having a bike I love!

Do you have a weight for the complete build?

The complete build is 19 pounds, more or less * (that's without water bottles and seat bag). My old bike was 22 pounds, same wheels and basically same components , so I think a good part of the difference must be in the frame itself. The Seven site says this frame weighs 3.2 lbs.

Yes, the hills around here can be serious, and the gearing is what lets me ride (veeerrryyy slowly) up them, rather than walk!

What were those handlebars again??

Salsa "Short and Shallow" (like me! )

Is that front wheel a 650, or does the angle of the picture just make it look smaller than the rear?

No, they're both 700s - it just a strange angle.

Oh...and what's the range on the cassette? With a 24 low up front, it looks like you'd be able to scale the Alps while seated with that bike! Kewl!!!

The Alps! No, they just help this heavy rider get up the Bay Area hills! The range of the gearing is great - 11-34 in back and 24-38-52 in front, and I've got everything from 2.6 mph going up (that takes some serious balance skills, let me tell ya!) and 40+ mph going down! This is the range I had on my old bike, and I think it is just the ticket for me.



* weighed by getting a friend to stand on the bathroom scale, with and without the bike! Probably not scientifically accurate!

[rij73]

* weighed by getting a friend to stand on the bathroom scale, with and without the bike! Probably not scientifically accurate!

Heck, that's the way I weigh our bikes! 19lbs is the same as my husband's Specialized Roubaix all carbon! Now I'm even more jealous! Build your bike with a flat bar and high-end grip shifters, and I'd be stealing it from you.

[melissam]

PS -- MelissaM, good job at pushing her.

Oh, it was really not problem at all, because:

1. I'm pretty good at spending $$, especially if it's not mine
2. BikerZ wasn't that resistant to spending the $$

Seriously, though, it is a beautiful bike and suits BikerZ well. First ride on it, and she makes it up Jobob's Nemesis Hill. Pretty darned good, even if it was climbing under duress. (Doncha just hate it when you can't unclip, so you gotta keep pedaling up the hill? )

[SadieKate]

1. I'm pretty good at spending $$, especially if it's not mine

Oh, oh. Folks had better be warned not to go shopping with the two of us together then!

[KnottedYet]

Gorgeous! Utterly gorgeous!

(and now I know what the red cassette is that is on Flossie!)

[melissam]

Oh, oh. Folks had better be warned not to go shopping with the two of us together then!

Oh, I don't know about that. I think we could be the TE Personal Shoppers and help all the folks who are ambivalent about various bike/apparel/equipment purchases.

OTOH, if the two of us go shopping together, we might encourage each other to spend a LOT of money. Now that could be very dangerous indeed!

Sorry, BikerZ for the slight thread hijack.

Let's see if I can get this back on track...That Seven is sure pretty! Where's its next major ride going to be?

[bikerz]

First ride on it, and she makes it up Jobob's Nemesis Hill. Pretty darned good, even if it was climbing under duress. (Doncha just hate it when you can't unclip, so you gotta keep pedaling up the hill? )

Rats! My secret is out!